Sanitary garment-protector.



V. GUINZBURG.

SANITARY GARMENT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2Q, 1911.

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vlc'roa commune, or NEW YORK, 1v. Y., asslonon'rro LB. .xnnmnar RUBBER COMPANY, a coaroaa'rxon on NEW YORK.

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1,093,616,. srclficafionoflettersPatent; Pateiitcd apr. 21, 1914'.

5 AppHcationfi1edJ'uly20', 1e11 Seria1ITo.638,609i" To nZt'whm/m'tmm concern: a sary to conform to the-curvature of the per- Be it known that I, Vwron GUmznUBG, son without requiring to be specially'fitted :1 citizen of the United States, and a vresi and without requiring any seam between it dent of the borough of Manhattan, city, and the portion D; while, onthe other hand, county, and-.stateg' of.New York, have 111-: the-portion D, while very flexible, 1s sutii- 5;} vented certain new and useful Improvegciently still to facilitate its remaining in. 'ments in Sanitary Garment-Protectors, of proper position hanging down without unwhich the following is a specification, acdue wrinkling. f a companiedhy drawings It willthus be seen that in th s new prol vThe invention "relates to protectors for. tector the-upper and lower portions are of 5 use beneath womens skirts and adapted to different character seamlessly united and cobe securedjinround the waist of the wearer operating ina novel manner to make the arhanging down in the rear below the of ticle peculiarly neat and comfortable, while v therwearer, the upper portion in the vicinity effectively serving its protective function. i5 of the hips being of thin and pervious mate-' The lower relatively stiff portion is necesrial and the lowerportion impervious. sarily slightly weighted by the addition of In order to fit the person of the wearer the rubber or other compound by which it without wrinkling, various provisions have is mad e impervious and-is well adapted to been made, such, for example, as shown in hang smoothly and evenly when properly Aiken patent of September. 22nd, 1908, supported at its seamless junction with the 899,196, wheein the-upper portion having upper. portion. The upper portion being tapered plaits 'or folds on eachsideof the" relatively thin, light, pervious and stretchniedian line iss ecured to and supports an, ing fabric, .is notonly adapted to yield and impermeable portion comprising a; .single'- stretch in conforming tothe back of the 25 ply-of material dependent from" theyoke' figure between the'waist tape 'or band and 8c portion 1 v a the stiffer lower portion, but, in addition,

The present invention seeks'to provide a it directlyflcofiperates to afford to the lower protector which shall obviate the need of hanging portion a relatively stretching and gol'es, plaitsor folds and the need ofa sepaccommodating support, thus facilitating arate upper and lower portion, and consists the relatively stifi portion hanging.- more 86 in its most preferred form of the followevenly from it than if the upper portion ing; a were equally stiff. Also, it will beseen that As shown in the accompanying drawings, the lowcr impe'rvious portion, in addition to, Figure l is a .rear view oiitheprojbctor in its protectiveand well-hanging qualities, co

wearer, and Fig. 2, the-protectorvre ovcd, portion a relatively still but seamless lower The improved protector comprises a waist boundary, and it will seen that there is hand or tape B for securingit around the-"n0 transverse ridge or seam. :to break the waist; also preferably'a safety pinC-which smoothcurve. of the fabric where the im- 10 is passed through two eyelets just belowthe. pervious portion D joins the thin yielding 96 waist band in the median line inth'e rear; portion For to irritate the flesh particuand the protector proper which consists of l rly if worn under corsets or confining i gl h et; of fabric, the upper part of outer garments, and the need'of p1aits,'folds wllich is of loosely woven preferably-cotton, or seams to 'enable theiupper portion to fit a fabric, adapted to yield, stretch and .conthe person is doneaway with, and such .1 0

' form substantially without wrinkles to the upper p tion is ree from the stiffness and waist and hips, while the lowenportio'n D the heating'or plaster-like qualities of imof the same fabric is rubbered or made'iinpervious sheet material, even though the latpervious by'filling its interstices and prefer- 'ter be perforated to lessen its di comf rt.

ably covering the whole surface ofthis .por- Preferably the upper edge of the portion 105 tion of the fabric with a suitable water- F when seenin a'flat position, as'in Fig. proof material, of which a rubber compound 2, is curved, concave upward, and the whole 18 the best example, 4 proteetor,-F;and -D,- widens downward -to- The loose, openwork, unrubbered portion ornear to thei'lower---margin, whichlis also F stretches ve y d yt eth lleg w s pref ysugvedlnanveaid wnward no position, ticdaround the person of' the operates to afford to the more-stretching so i 2 J v r 1,093,,

\Vhat l clain'i and desire to secure by these "ment, the said upper open and stretchable 3a Y Letters Patent is:

- 1. Agarment protector of the class described, comprising a waist ta e or band and anintegral sheet of textilefa ric dc ndent therefrom consisting of lower an portions in seamless continuity, the lower portion having added to it a substance ren-' bet-weenrthe waisttape or band and such' seamless junction, such upper stretching port-ion thereby also cotiperatmg to atlord to the stifier hanging portion a more stretching and aceonnnmlating'support, facilitating the latter hanging more evenly fromthe seamless junction with smooth and unbroken curves at such junction,

2. A garment protector of the type de: scribed, comprising an integral sheet of fabric eon'sistin of two portions, the lower im pcrvious an the upper pervious, the lower relat-ivel stiff and the upper of relatively open and stretchable fabric, and a waist ta )0 or band for securing the upper edge of the said upper portion, and means located below the waist tape or band for directly securing said upper portion against lateral displaceupper portion being adapted to conform by stretchmg without other fitting device to the person between the waistband and the relatively stifl' lower'portion.

3. 'A garment protector of the class described, comprising an integral sheet of foundation fabric *of loosely w0ven, readily stretching and flexiblyyielding character increasing m.width from its upper edge downward' to the'lower edge, a securingvvaisttape or'band secured along and. continuous with the upper edgeof said flexibly yielding 'fabric and having free ends extending outward therefrom, and a layer of impervious and stifl'ening material adherently united to and relatively stillei'iing the lower portion of said sheet, such port-ion embracing the greater lateral and longitudinal extent of said sheet, its upper edge seamlessly oining the =relativelvniore yielding portion at a line sufliciently removed from the said tape or band to permit theiupper and yielding portion to conform without wrinkling to the figure of the wearer and the impervious section to curve'unbrokenly" and drop pend-.-

ently therefrom v 'In testimony whereof I have-signed this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. v I

.' VICTOR GUINZBURG.

\Vitnesses: v

' JACK J. Moscowrrz.

' N. MeLaon. 

